Clint - That is interesting. Didn't know about the more-than-once-a-year bloom thing. Thank you. Arthur - I think you're right about the cool vs. dry with this one. The first year I had it, I gave it drought and cool and it bloomed heavily, but lost most of its leaves. After that, I cut back on water, but did continued to water all fall and winter. Still gave it a cool snap in the fall. It bloomed just as well and didn't have the heavy leaf loss. I haven't cut back on water at all since it's been in active growth and I'm still getting buds. K

I would agree with Ken. Once it gets cold, the leaves and the leaf buds should just shut down for the winter, which the shorter days and longer nights are also signaling. I doubt the tree will actually leaf out now. Even though the Japanese beetles aren't a native pest, trees have evolved to deal with defoliating pests over their thousands of years of development. The cherry tree should be fine. If it turns out that it isn't, then you might want to think about another tree as a replacement, but I think I am being overly pessimistic at this point. Only time will tell - if your tree flowers and leafs out fine in the spring, it survived. However, if the JBs defoliated it this year, they may well do the same next year. You might want to rethink having a cherry tree at all - the JBs also love them. A one-time defoliation won't kill them, nor will minor defoliation every year - if early enough, trees usually just regrow the leaves. But, the trees are not a pretty sight while the leaves are skeletonized and until they regrow. Your problem right now is that your cherry is a relatively "new" tree, and the root system isn't established really well, so it will struggle for the first 2-3 years to replace the leaves. Good roots mean a good crop of leaves, and a goodly growth of leaves feeds a good root system.

You should be getting flowers by now. Citrus often flowers in the pot at the nursery, begore planting. Perhaps they are getting too much nitrogen. Some of my citrus have not made flower buds yet this year, but I am expecting them to bud soon. Most of my citrus just budded this month. The Meyer lemons kind of always bloom. Last year most of my citrus started in January. Don't know why they are late this year. I wish I could help, but I have no idea why your trees haven't budded at this age. They definitely should. I'm assuming they are grafted trees. Make sure no branches are below the graft. I have to prune several times a year to remove sprouts below the graft (by rubbing them off by hand while they are still tender).

Woowee, Oh; it must be something you do right. I see you are in Pennsylvania. How is the plant positioned? Indoors / outdoors? Watering method?